Titular diocese of Hesbon
Coordinates: 31 ° 49 ′ 7.1 ″ N , 35 ° 47 ′ 56.1 ″ E
Hesbon ( Italian Esbon ) or Esbus ( Italian Esbo ) was a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church .
It goes back to a submerged diocese in the ancient city of Hesbon in the Arabian landscape of Arabia Petraea in today's Jordan , which belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Bostra . Today it is no longer listed in the Annuario Pontificio in the list of titular dioceses.
| Titular Bishops of Hesbon or Esbus | ||||
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georg Vink OCarm | Auxiliary Bishop in Trento | February 23, 1481 | |
| 2 | Adam Imre Majthényi Kesselőkő | May 29, 1741 | 1743 | |
| 3 | Antonino Pezzoni OFM cap | Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan ( India ) | January 27, 1826 | October 4, 1844 |
| 4th | Jean-Félix-Onésime Luquet MEP | Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Madurai ( India ) | February 17, 1845 | September 3, 1858 |
| 5 | Andreas Ignatius Schaepman | Auxiliary Bishop in Utrecht ( Netherlands ) | July 3, 1860 | February 4, 1868 |
| 6th | Raffaele Capone CSsR | Coadjutor Bishop of Muro Lucano ( Italy ) | December 22, 1873 | January 29, 1883 |
| 7th | Adam Stanisław Krasiński SP | Emeritus Bishop of Vilnius ( Lithuania ) | March 15, 1883 | May 9, 1891 |
| 8th | Lorenzo Petris de Dolammare | Bishop emeritus of Sapë ( Albania ) | January 21, 1893 | September 3, 1910 |
| 9 | Roberto Calai-Marioni | November 26, 1910 | June 19, 1920 | |
| 10 | Émile-Alexandre-Joseph Devred MEP | Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Seoul ( Korea ) | December 16, 1920 | January 18, 1926 |
| 11 | Melchiorre Souen CM | Vicar Apostolic of Anguo ( China ) | June 24, 1926 | August 13, 1951 |
| 12 | Georges-Arthur Melançon | Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi ( Canada ) | February 11, 1961 | November 22, 1970 |